Staying true to the classic was important to the cast, because they want to have the same broad appeal. The costumes, sets and sometimes-oversized...

]]>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:25:00 PSTDiscussion On School Diversity Held In GlastonburySteve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-gr-school-diversity-1126-20151117-story.html
Why aren't Glastonbury schools more diverse? That wasn't necessarily the question intended to be asked at the Community Conversation on ethnic diversity in schools, hosted by the Glastonbury Martin Luther King Community Initiative on Nov. 16 at the Glastonbury-East Hartford Magnet School, but according...
]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 12:26:00 PSTRockville bests Tolland 36-6Steve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-rr-rockville-tolland-football-1126-2-20151116-story.html
The Rockville Rams earned their second victory of the season by taking down neighbor/CCC rival Tolland on Nov. 13.

The game looked like a nearly-even match for most of the contest, with the team's trading touchdowns in the first quarter (Tolland missed the conversion attempt after senior fullback...

Sophomore Payten Walters scored the first goal early in the first half – a textbook header off of a precise cross from fellow sophomore...

]]>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 08:06:00 PSTGlastonbury Splits CCC Finals DoubleheaderSteve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-gr-ccc-finals-1112-20151105-story.html
Glastonbury's boys and girls soccer teams both competed in the Central Connecticut Conference Finals in back to back matches at Middletown High School on Nov. 4.

While the girls' cruised to a 7-0 win over Newington, the boys lost their battle in overtime with Wethersfield, 2-1.

At the beginning...

]]>Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:02:00 PSTKnights Hold Off Eagles In Interconference RivalrySteve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-rr-ellington-tolland-volleyball-1015-20151002-story.html
The Ellington Knights traveled into Tolland for an interconference volleyball matchup with the Eagles on Oct. 1. While the Knights prevailed, 3-0, each set was a battle. Ellington held off Tolland 25-21 in the first, and outgunned the Eagles in the second, 25-12. Tolland played its best volleyball...
]]>Thu, 8 Oct 2015 12:53:22 PDTJacob's Well Coffeehouse marks 20 t h anniversarySteve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-rr-jacobs-well-coffeehouse-1015-20151015-story.html
The Jacob's Well CoffeeHouse celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special program on Oct. 2 at the sanctuary in the Union Congregational Church in Rockville.

Drew Crandall, the coffeehouse's founder and director, presented a history of the coffeehouse, which began at the Ellington Wesleyan Church...

]]>Thu, 8 Oct 2015 12:50:22 PDTPhotos: Tomahawks beat Trojanshttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-gr-ghs-volleyball-vs-sims-photos-20151006-photogallery.html
Glastonbury takes battle of the '-burys'
]]>Wed, 7 Oct 2015 11:34:00 PDTAnnual Rockville Festhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-rr-rockville-fest-1008-20151002-story.html
The annual Rockville Fest was held in downtown Rockville on Sept. 26. There was a car show, arts and crafts, food, activities for children, music, and more.
]]>Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:53:00 PDTPhotos: rockville fest in vernonhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/hc-rr-rockville-fest-photos-20151002-photogallery.html
Annual event attracts crowds, car lovers
]]>Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:24:00 PDTGHS Girls Soccer Team Off To A Good StartSteve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-gr-ghs-girls-soccer-0924-20150918-4-story.html
The Glastonbury High School girls soccer team is off to a good start this season.

Through the first two games, the Tomahawks are 2-0, and have allowed only one goal.

In the season opener on Sept. 11, Glastonbury defeated Northwest Catholic 3-1, and on Sept. 16, the Tomahawks defeated Bulkeley 3-0.

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:12:44 PDTRams Showing Resilience Early In SeasonSteve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-rr-rockville-boys-soccer-0924-20150918-story.html
After the Rockville boys soccer team came from a 2-0 deficit to earn a draw with East Catholic on Sept. 16, coach Nick Cody said his team played with a lot of heart.

"They picked it up," Cody said, adding that after the team took a 10-0 loss to East Hartford on the chin, the focus was on playing...

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:09:57 PDTGriswold, Norwich, And Sprague Make State's 'Distressed' Municipalities List For 2015Janice Steinhagenhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-jc-0925-norwich-griswold-sprague-distressed-communities-20150918-story.html
Griswold and Norwich have joined Sprague on the state Department of Economic and Community Development's 2015 list of 25 "distressed communities," and town officials are looking to leverage that negative designation into more funding assistance from the state for economic development and school...
]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 08:01:03 PDTFarm Fall Festival Tyme Coming To Blue Slope FarmMelanie Savagehttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-hc-franklin-fall-fest-0925-20150918-story.html
The crisp scent in the air of fallen leaves means it's almost time again for Blue Slope Country Museum's biggest event of the year – Farm Fall Festival Tyme.

This year's event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4. The event will include all of the features that guests have come...

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 08:01:30 PDTAnnual Suffield On The Green Event Draws Visitors From All Over The RegionDiane Churchhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-wl-suffield-on-the-green-0924-20150918-story.html
Suffield on the Green has been an annual event for nearly half a century, if not more, and although the name and some of the attractions have changed over the years, it is still the town's largest event, drawing people from all over the region.

They met on the green to get their assignments and pick up rakes, brooms, and spades, then headed off to their tasks. Three hours later, they returned for free pizza, chips,...

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 08:03:37 PDTCalling All Senior Artists In South WindsorQuoron Walkerhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-sw-south-windsor-senior-art-party-exhibit-0924-20150918-story.html
Are you a senior looking to join an engaging creative activity during the day? Then the Senior Art Party is for you.

Current artists showed the public their best art earlier this month at the Wood Memorial Library during the Senior Art Party Exhibit. All said they loved the class and their instructor,...

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:51:25 PDTA Feast For The SensesKitty LeShayhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-sr-ashford-wine-tasting-0924-20150918-story.html
The annual wine tasting and art show sponsored by the Friends of the Babcock Library grows more popular each year. The same people return year after year bringing their friends and family with them. The benefit features fine wines and beers which are poured by the experts. Ashford's own Westford...
]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:52:30 PDTGlastonbury Girls Off To Good StartSteve Smithhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-gr-ghs-girls-soccer-0924-20150918-story.html
Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:05:12 PDTMuriel Miller Shares A Passion For Natural Beauty With Her StudentsMelanie Savagehttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-wm-people-muriel-miller-0925-20150918-story.html
There is a story behind each of Muriel Miller's paintings.

A bucolic view of the Glenthorne Guest House, at Grasemere in England's Lake District, evokes memories of an easel knocked over by curious cows and bovine noses with smears of colorful paint. A colorful portrait of a stately tree at a dog...

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:21:27 PDTPomfret CAS Holds First Of Four Bird Banding SessionsDenise Coffeyhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-pt-pomfret-banding-migrating-birds-0925-20150915-story.html
The mist net was hung where a tractor had mowed a clear line through bushy, woody growth at the Connecticut Audubon Society property in Pomfret. It stretched for about 20 feet long and 6 feet high, and was soft and nearly invisible.

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:23:19 PDTMost Key Players Return To SHS Girls Soccer TeamAnnie Gentilehttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-sr-stafford-soccer-0924-20150918-story.html
The Stafford High School girls soccer team kicked off the 2015 season with most of their key players returning to play, reports head coach Rachel Freeman.

The team started with a squad of 18 players -- 11 of them are upper classmen and eight of them started the majority of the games last season.

"You can find almost anything and if you can't, you can make connections which lead you to the right people," Tish Ignatowicz said. She and her husband, David, have been the co-chairs...

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:51:55 PDTHistory Of Old Connecticut Path DiscussedDiane Churchhttp://www.courant.com/community/preston/rnw-wn-old-path-0924-20150918-story.html
Jason Newton has some names in his family tree that are familiar to local historians. Among them are Windsor founders Thomas Root, William Buell, and Joseph Loomis.

But the most famous of his ancestors is Rev. Thomas Hooker, who in 1636 led approximately 100 Puritans from Massachusetts Bay to found...